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What I’m hearing from Jerry Jones and Jeffrey Lurie, plus the latest trade deadline buzz – The Athletic
I asked Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie what he would do if Brown knocked on his door and asked for a trade. His answer was firm, team-first and championship-minded. “We do what’s best for the team,” he said. “We don’t even consider it seriously unless it’s best for the Eagles. We will always do what gives us the best chance of winning big. Everything else is secondary.” Bottom line: Brown can be frustrated all he wants, but this team plays for the ring first. However, GM Howie Roseman will always listen, and if the Eagles get an exorbitant offer? Nobody is untradable in Philadelphia. So why do the Eagles, a team that, on paper, might have one of the top rosters in football, always seem to have internal conflict? “It’s not conflict. It’s intensity,” Lurie said. “The players respect it. I like intensity. The players are intense. Howie’s intense, I’m intense, the coach is intense. Every week, every situation, we approach it with intensity.” Lurie, Roseman and Nick Sirianni are among the architects of a locker room that may appear combustible to the outside, but is constructed this way for a reason. “We encourage it. We want different personalities,” Lurie said. “Sometimes, in trades or in free agency, we’ll bring people in that complement those that we have. They’re different on purpose. We don’t want sameness.”
Eagles’ Jeffrey Lurie on ‘managing noise,’ plus other tidbits from owners at the Fall League Meeting – NFL.com
Even with a 5-2 record and sitting atop the NFC East, the Eagles have had a noisy season. There have been questions about how well A.J. Brown and Jalen Hurts are getting along, parking lot pow-wows for hours to get the offense on the same page, and concerns about whether they are going to run the ball enough — it has been loud. And yet last week, following a brutal loss to the Giants, the Philadelphia offense turned in its best performance, with Hurts delivering a perfect passer rating in a win over the Vikings. Following this week’s Fall League Meeting in New York, owner Jeffrey Lurie was asked to explain how. “Being able, in today’s world, to manage the noise in a way where it relegates it to a bare minimum — that’s a key to winning,” Lurie told NFL.com. “You hope to have a culture that’s able to do that. It’s not guaranteed. But we purposely are very intentional about it.” Hurts, in particular, thrives amid the noise. “It’s one of the reasons we build the roster the way we do with some of the people we do, like Jalen,” Lurie said. “You have to have that resilience and understanding, especially in the world today. If you can’t block out most of the noise, you’re not going to maximally perform. And Jalen is one of those where, the more noise there is, the better he performs.”
Eagles-Giants Final Injury Report: A.J. Brown and Brandon Graham among 6 players ruled OUT – BGN
The Eagles ruled six players OUT: A.J. Brown, Brandon Graham, Cam Jurgens, Adoree’ Jackson, Jakorian Bennett, and Azeez Ojulari. Brown’s absence, which certainly isn’t ideal, means the Eagles currently have four healthy wide receivers on the roster: DeVonta Smith, Jahan Dotson, John Metchie, and Xavier Gipson. Jalen Hurts will likely look to feed DeVonta in this game. But someone else needs to step up and do more than nothing. We’ll see if Dotson can handle that much. Note that the Eagles could also look to activate undrafted rookie standout Darius Cooper from injured reserve.
Giants-Eagles matchup: New York offense aims to keep rolling – Big Blue View
The additions received by Philadelphia, coupled with the change in scenery, make this another tall task for a rookie quarterback who has played well through four starts. A big question and concern about this Giants’ team, in general, is how they respond after such a brutal loss in Denver. Can the Giants repeat with a win against the Eagles or will the season continue to slip through their fingers?
Roob’s Random Observations: Do the Eagles even need an offensive identity? – NBCSP
5A. It’s crazy that over the last three seasons, the Eagles rank 17th in the NFL in interceptions and 21st in sacks, yet they’ve allowed the 5th-fewest points and 3rd-fewest yards during that span. That’s because they’ve been so good in the red zone and because when they do make big plays they’re coming in critical spots. But can you imagine how good this defense would be if it could find a way to make some of those big plays? One of the reasons the Eagles were unbeatable in the postseason last year was that the big plays f